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(N0 ModeL) D. RYLANDS.

MACHINERY FOR DRILLING HOLES INBOTTLES. No. 320,505.

Patented June 23, 1885.

Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAN RYLANDS, OF STAIRFOOT BARNSLEY, COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND.

MACHlNERY FOR DRILLING HOLES IN BOTTLES.

EJPECIE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,505, dated. June23, 1885.

Application tiled May 14, 1884. No model.) Patented in England November19, 1883, No. 5.445.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAN RYLANDS, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Stairfoot Barnsley, in the county of York, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Machinery forDrilling Holes in Bottles, (for which a patent has been granted in GreatBritain No. 5,445, dated November 19, 1883,) of which the following is aspecification.

1n Letters Patent No. 270,392, dated J anuary 9, 1883, granted to HiramCodd and myself for improvements in bottles for containing aeratedliquids, a bottle is described in which the hole is formed through theneck when the bottle has been removed from the mold by means of a smallpunclnwhich is driven from the inside through the neck.

My present invention is applicable to the boring or punching of a holethrough the bottle-neck before the bottle leaves the mold,and by meansof a small drill or punch operating from the outside.

By this invention more uniformity in the holes is secured and a greatamount of breakage in the punching of such holes is avoided,

and the hole can also be more easily bored or' punched in any part ofthe neck or of the bottle with much more satisfactory results than ispossible after the bottle has been removed from the mold. In thedrawings hereunto annexed Ihave shown the application of this principleto one particular shape of bottle; but it will be well understood thatit is equally applicable to any shape of bottle, and that the hole canbe made in any position in the bottle that may be most suitable.

Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is across-section on lines 8 3, Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a section of abottle, showing the hole bored or drilled.

The fixing A receiving the frame-work has slot-holes a a, through whichpass the bolts B B, by bottle-mold plate I). These slot-holes a a arearranged so that they will allow of the machine being lowered or raisedto suit the drilling of a hole in any required part of the bottle. Thefoot lever or treadle O is carried on the center pin, 0, on which itworks. This center pin is screwed into the boss D of the which themachine is fastened to the fixing A. At the end of the foot-lever C is aspiral spring, E, fastened to the foot-lever G at e and to the fixing Aat d. This spiral spring is made of such a strength that whenever thebottle-blowers foot is off the treadle or foot-lever 0 this foot-leverwill return to the position shown at Fig. 1. In this foot-1e ver 0 aslot-hole, F, is made, through which passes the bolt or pin f, attachingthe connecting-rod G thereto. This connecting-rod G is attached to thelarge spur-wheel H by means of a bolt or pin, 9, which is fitted throughthe boss ofthis wheel. H is keyed on the shaft 71, on which shaft isalso keyed the cam I, having in it the groove 1', in which the runner Kworks, which runner is fastened to the reciprocating lever k, whichlever is carried by the center pin, L. At the other end of this lever kis fixed the runner Z,which runs in the groove of the reel M. The steelspindle m is keyed intothe reel M. The small pinion-wheel N is made ofsuch a width on the face that when the throw is given to the spindle mthe small pinion-wheel N does not run out of gear with the largespur-wheel H, so that when the spindle m has gone the full length of itsstroke the small pinionwheel N is still in gear with the large spurwheelH. The spindle on has bearings a, and the end of the spindle is made'inthe form of a punch or drill, as shown at O; or the spindle may be madehollow at one end to receive a punch or drill. The punch or drill entersthe mold I? through the hole 1), which hole may be in any other suitablepart of the mold. The large wheel H is 'made heavy at one side q toprevent the connecting-rod G stopping on dead-center. The operation ofpunching the hole is as follows: After the bottle-blower has blown hisbottle in the mold, and before removing the bottle from the mold, hepresses with his foot the treadle or foot-lever 0, thus causing thelarge spur-wheel H to revolve, and thisbeing geared with the smallerpinionwheel N causes it to revolve at a greater speed, and by means ofthe cam I and reciprocating lever the spindlem not only revolves, butalso travels to the extent that the cam I and the small pinion-wheel Nallows. This being sufficient distance to bore the hole in the bottleand the revolving and traveling This wheel motion going on at the sametime makes a hole in the bottle with great ease and regularity. When theblower takes his foot off the foot-lever or treadle O,the spring E drawsthis lever back to the position shown at Fig. 1, thus causing the punchor drill O to withdraw from the mold P, when the bottle can be taken outof the mold.

Fig. 4 shows the hole R as drilled in the lottle after it has left themold- Having thus described the nature of my invention and the manner ofperforming the same,l would have it understood that I do not claim as mypresent invention a bottle with a valve-hole,as this has been alreadysecured to Hiram (odd and myself by PatentNo. 27 0,392, dated January 9,1883; but What I do claim as my present invention 15 1. The combination,attached to a bottlemold, of the spindle m, the end of which carries apunch or drill, O, actuated by suitable driving machinery and capable ofbeing ad- .justed by means of the bolts 13 B and the slots at a in theframework A, so as to allow of the drilling of a hole in any requiredpart of the bottle, with the spring E, for the purpose of withdrawingthe punch 0 from the mold after the hole is drilled, all substantiallyas de scribed. e

2. The combination, when attached to a bottle-mold, of the spur-wheel Hand pinion- Wheel N, with the cam K, and reciprocating lever k, withtreadle O, and spindle m, substantially as and for the purpose hereinset forth,

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAN RYLANDS. Witnesses:

WILLIAM VEvERs, GEO. F. HAINSWORTH, Clerks to Mr. J. Gree'nwood Tealc,Notary Public,

Leeds.

